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Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Nov 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The then Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, made a commitment in 2013 to the Magdalen women to introduce a scheme for those who were admitted to and worked in Magdalen institutions. The scheme applied to 12 named institutions. To date, €25.7 million has been paid to 684 women under the scheme, which is still open. I understand that the Department of Justice and Equality co-operated fully...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (4 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Further to my reply to Parliamentary Questions 97 and 98 of 8 February I wish to reiterate that Magdalen Laundries were private institutions under the sole ownership and control of the religious congregations concerned and had no special statutory recognition or status. The Magdalen Institutions did interact with certain Government agencies, sometimes on the same basis as a commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility (4 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Magdalen Restorative Justice Ex-gratia scheme applies to 10 Magdalen institutions and 2 specific training schools. It does not extend beyond those institutions and there are no plans to extend it beyond those institutions. As the legal proceedings to which the Deputy refers are ongoing, I am restricted from commenting in detail on the matters raised.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (2 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I presume that the Deputy is specifically referring to the Magdalen Restorative Justice Ex-gratia Scheme which is administered in my Department and the Residential Institutions Redress Scheme which is administered in the Department of Education and Skills. In relation to the Magdalen Restorative Justice Ex-gratia Scheme, the position is that my predecessor as Minister for Justice and...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised) (12 Apr 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...also provided for under this programme, including the media campaign around domestic violence. I recently had a meeting with the stakeholders in this area and we are in ongoing discussion with them in regard to roll-out of the programme over the next few years. Programme C provides funding for the Legal Aid Board, the Magdalen fund and the costs associated with commissions and special...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (30 Mar 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: In February, 2013 the report of an Inter-Departmental Committee to establish the facts of the State's involvement with the Magdalen Laundries was published. That report was chaired by then Senator Martin McAleese and it is commonly referred to as the McAleese report. The material in the Report relates to 10 different institutions which were run by 4 different Orders of nuns over a period of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (30 Mar 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: To date, over €25 million has been paid out to 669 women under the Ex Gratia Magdalene Restorative Justice Scheme administered by my Department. The Scheme remains open to new applications but it’s important to note that decisions have been made on all but two of the 821 applications received to date – the two refer to applications made only in recent weeks. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (28 Mar 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As I indicated in my response to Dáíl Question No. 90 on 22 February, 2017, an Inter-Departmental Committee was set up in 2011 to establish the facts of the State's involvement with the Magdalen Laundries. It was chaired by then Senator Martin McAleese and it is commonly referred to as the McAleese report. The material in the Report relates to 10 different institutions which were...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Legal Costs (21 Mar 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...JC 1,968 2015* 39,520 2016* 26,368 2017* 3,075 *I can advise that the following amounts have been paid by this Department to solicitors who provided legal advice to eligible applicants to the Magdalen Restorative Justice Ex-gratia scheme. All eligible applicants are required to sign a form of acceptance and a waiver before payment issues and they are encouraged to seek legal advice...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (28 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can advise the Deputy that in October 2014 the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on request from my Department, circulated an information note on the Magdalen Laundries Restorative Justice Ex Gratia Scheme through their embassies around the world to the local Irish communities. My Department is satisfied that an information note is still up to-date and does not see the need to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Restorative Justice (28 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 109 to 116, inclusive, together. The Magdalen Laundries Restorative Justice Ex Gratia Scheme was set up following the publication of the report in February, 2013 of an Inter-Departmental Committee to establish the facts of the State's involvement with the Magdalen Laundries. It was chaired by then Senator Martin McAleese and it is commonly referred to as the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (28 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...the earlier publication of the report of an Inter-Departmental Committee, chaired by then Senator Martin McAleese, which had been set up to establish the facts of the State's involvement with the Magdalen Laundries. The principal outcome of the Quirke report was the setting up of the Magdalen Laundries Restorative Justice Ex Gratia Scheme under the auspices of my Department. That scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Magdalen Laundries Restorative Justice Ex Gratia Scheme was set up following the publication of the report in February, 2013 of an Inter-Departmental Committee set up to establish the facts of the State's involvement with the Magdalen Laundries. It was chaired by then Senator Martin McAleese and it is commonly referred to as the McAleese report. The material in the Report relates to 10...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Magdalen Laundries Restorative Justice Ex Gratia Scheme was set up following the publication of the report in February, 2013 of an Inter-Departmental Committee set up to establish the facts of the State's involvement with the Magdalen Laundries. It was chaired by then Senator Martin McAleese and it is commonly referred to as the McAleese report. The material in the Report relates to 10...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Magdalen Laundries Restorative Justice Ex Gratia Scheme was set up following the publication of the report in February, 2013 of an Inter-Departmental Committee set up to establish the facts of the State's involvement with the Magdalen Laundries. It was chaired by then Senator Martin McAleese and it is commonly referred to as the McAleese report. The material in the Report relates to 10...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The archive of State records of the Inter-Departmental Committee on the Magdalen Laundries (the McAleese archive) is held in the Department of An Taoiseach. The McAleese report specifically states that it was agreed that the most appropriate course of action would be that the archive of the Committee’s work would be deposited with An Taoiseach. The records provided by the religious...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Magdalen Laundries Restorative Justice Ex Gratia Scheme was set up following the publication of the report in February, 2013 of an Inter-Departmental Committee set up to establish the facts of the State's involvement with the Magdalen Laundries. It was chaired by then Senator Martin McAleese and it is commonly referred to as the McAleese report. The material in the Report relates to 10...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: An Inter-Departmental Committee was set up in 2011 to establish the facts of the State's involvement with the Magdalen Laundries. It was chaired by then Senator Martin McAleese and it is commonly referred to as the McAleese report. The material in the Report relates to 10 different institutions which were run by 4 different Orders of nuns over a period of 70 years. Chapter 3 of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: An Inter-Departmental Committee was set up in 2011 to establish the facts of the State's involvement with the Magdalen Laundries. It was chaired by then Senator Martin McAleese and it is commonly referred to as the McAleese report. The material in the Report relates to 10 different institutions which were run by 4 different Orders of nuns over a period of 70 years. Chapter 3 of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (16 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Magdalen Laundries Restorative Justice Ex Gratia Scheme was initiated following the publication of the report in February, 2013 of an Inter-Departmental Committee set up to establish the facts of the State's involvement with the Magdalen Laundries. It was chaired by then Senator Martin McAleese and it is commonly referred to as the McAleese report. The material in the Report relates to...